Study: Most judges tell jurors not to use social media 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 31, 2012
Tags: Federal Judicial Center, Judicial Conference of the United States, jury deliberations, social media, trials
WASHINGTON – Most federal judges tell jurors not to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools to communicate information about the trials in which they are sitting, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Federal Judicial Center.
Pacer fee increase to take effect April 1
Published: October 11, 2011
Tags: fee increase, Judicial Conference of the United States, PACER, U.S. Courts
WASHINGTON – The first PACER fee increase in seven years will take effect April 1, 2012.
New Judicial Conference rule aims to discourage sealing civil cases
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 15, 2011
Tags: civil cases, Judicial Conference of the United States, sealed documents
WASHINGTON – New standards and procedures adopted by the Judicial Conference toughen the requirements for sealing entire files in civil cases.
Pilot program will allow cameras in federal trial courts
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: Federal courts, Judicial Conference, Judicial Conference of the United States
WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference has approved a plan to allow some civil proceedings in federal trial court to be videotaped, and to provide the recordings to the public.
New filing deadline law takes effect
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 30, 2009
Tags: Bankruptcy, Federal Rules, filing deadlines, Judicial Conference of the United States
WASHINGTON – A law lengthening several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is set to go into effect on Dec. 1.
Jailing defendants before trial more costly
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 15, 2009
Tags: Judicial Conference of the United States
WASHINGTON – The cost of imprisoning a federal defendant awaiting trial far exceeds the cost of supervision by federal probation and pretrial services officers, according to figures recently released by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Law will extend some court filing deadlines
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: Judicial Conference of the United States
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed into law a measure that lengthens several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
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